Garment-hanger lock.



J. F. C. LUHAN.

GARMENT HANGER LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1915,

Patented Apr; 11,

THB cbLuMmA PILANOGRAIH co.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

JOSEPH F. c. LUHAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-HANGER LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

7 Application filed February 24, 1915. Serial-No. 10,297.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. O. LUHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment- Hanger Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hooks especially adapted to be used for supporting garments and articles of apparel and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a hook of the character indicated of simple structural arrangement having a key operated locking means for retaining the articles upon the hook and also having a coin operated means for preventing use of the proper dimension has been deposited in a coin receptacle provided in conjunction with the hook. I

With the above object in view the book includes a. bracket to which is attached a coin receptacle having a coin chute leading thereto. Sustaining hooks are mounted upon the bracket and a member is pivotally connected with the bracket and is provided with branches adapted to encounter the ends of the said hook or lie in close proximity to the same when articles are supported upon the hook. A catch device is provided within a case carried by the bracket and is adapted to engage the said member for holding the same in a clo'sedjposition with relation to the hooks. The said member is provided with a lugwhich enters the coin chute when the member is closed with relation to the hook and forms a barrier within the chute and prevents the coin from passing freely through the chute. The said casing is provided with a key opening through which may be inserted a key for the purpose of releasing the pivoted mem berfrom the catch device. A bar is pivotally mounted in the coin chute and normally lies across the key opening but when a coin is deposited in the chute it encounters the said bar prior to coming in contact with the barrier above referred to and raises the bar above the key opening thus clearing the way for the insertion of the key 1ionto the casing to release the pivoted mem- In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hook with parts brokenaway and parts in section. Fig. 2 is a detailed sectionalview through the lock casing of the hook. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view out on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2

but showing the parts in different position.

The structure includes a bracket 1 having a coin receptacle 2 mounted thereon and a coin chute 3. leading into the said recep tacle. A look casing 4: is mounted upon the bracket 1 and is provided at its side with akey opening 5. Hook branches 6, 7 and 8 are provided upon, the bracket 1 and the hook branch 6isprovidedatits upper end with a knob 9. I

A garment retainingmember 10 is pivoted with relation to the bracket 1- by being pivotally mountedin the lockv casing 4 and is provided with branches 1 11, v 12 and 13 adapted to cooperate'with the hook branches 6, 7 and 8 forthe purpose of retaining articles as will be hereinafter explained. The

Fig. 1. The member 10 is provided at its 1 side with a lug 16 which is adapted to enter the coin chute 3 through'an opening 17 provided at the lower side thereof, when the branches 11, 12 and 13 of the member 10 are in closed position with relation to the hook branches 6, 7 and 8 as shown in heavy lines in Fig. 1 of the drawing. When the lug 16 is within the coin chute 3 as shown in Fig. 1 it forms a barrier in .the chute and prevents the free passage of a coin through'the chute. The key opening 5 also enters the chute 3 through the side thereof and consequently when the head of a key is passed through the opening 5 the shank of the key lies transversely across the coin chute 3. y

The member 10 is provided with an opening 18 which is adapted to register with the opening 5 when the said member 10 is in a closed position with relation to the hook members 6, 7 and 8 as shown in heavy lines in Fig. 1. The opening 18 is provided at its upper end and at one edge with a laterally disposed notch 19 which may receive the shank of the key 20 when the said key is inserted through the openings 5 and 18 and the member 10 is swung to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The key opening 5 is located at a point along the chute 3 nearer the coin admission end of the chute than the opening 17 consequently when the lug 16 is projected into the chute 3 it is located at a point between the key opening 5 and the coin receptacle 2. A bar 21 is pivotally mounted in the chute 3 in the vicinity of the upper side thereof and normally lies in an inclined position as shown in heavy lines in ig. 1 of the drawing across the key opening 5 when the key is removed therefrom.

A lug 22 is mounted at the side of the member 10 and a spring pressed catch is pivotally mounted in the casing 1. The spring which presses the catch 23 normally holds the free end thereof toward the lug 22 consequently when the member 10 is swung to the positionshown in Fig. 1 of the drawing the free end of the catch 23 engagesover the lug 22 and holds the branches of the member 10 in closed position with relation to the hook branches 6, 7 and 8. When the catch 23 is in engagement with the lug 22 the intermediate portion of the said catch lies in the path -of movement of the head of the key 22 when the said key is turned in the opening 5.

The operation of the garment hook is as follows. Assuming that the parts are in the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 a hat may be placed over the hook member 6 with the crown thereof resting upon the knob 9, a coat may be hung upon the member 7 and the handle of a cane or umbrella may be engaged with the hook member 8. The member 10 is then swung so that the branches 11 12 and 18 thereof are moved toward the hook members 6, 7 and '8 and the articles supported upon the said hook members are thus retained thereon. WV hen the lug 22 encounters the free end of the catch member 23 the said catch member engages over the lug 22 and thus the member 10 is held in a closed position.

"When it is desired to remove the articles from the hook structure a coin indicated at 2stin Fig. 1 is dropped in the chute 3 and the said coin runs down the chute and encounters the bar 21and raises the same from the position shown in heavy lines in Fig. 1 to the position shown in dotted lines therein. Thus the bar 21 islifted above the key opening 5 and the coin 2 1 lodges in the lug 16 and is held in the chute 3 just beyond the key opening 5. The key 20 is then inserted through the openings 5 and 18 and inasmuch as the shank of the key is disposed transversely across the chute 3 at a point between the admission end of the said chute and the coin 24 the said coin 24: cannot be extracted from the chute 3 at the admission end there of. The key 20 is then turned whereby the head is caused to engage the catch 23 and the said catch is moved out of engagement with the lug 2-2 upon the member 10. The said member 10 is then swung back or may be swung under the influence of the tension of the spring 15 so that the branches 11, 12 and 13 are moved away from the hook mem bers 6, 7 and 8 respectively. Thus the articles which have previously been secured upon the hook structure are released and may be readily removed therefrom.

At thetime that the member 10 is swung rearwardly to the dotted position shown in Fig. 1 the lug 16 moves downwardly out of the opening 17 in the coin chute 3 and the barrier which has retained the coin 2-1 in the chute is removed from the path of movement of the said coin and the coin may then. gravitate through the chute 3 into the receptacle 2. when the member 10 moves to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 the notch 19 of the opening 18 moves transversely across the shank of the key 20 and the opening 18 is moved out of register with the opening 5, consequently the key 20 .cannot be withdrawn from the casing 1 until the upper end of the member 10 is moved toward the knob J and the opening 18 is brought into regis- I ter with the opening 5. As soon as the coin 21 moves down into the receptacle 2 the bar 21 falls down and lodges against the shank of the key which is in the opening 5 and remains against the shank of the key until the said key is withdrawn from the said opening when it falls across said opening. As soon as the key is withdrawn from the opening the bar 21 falls down and assumes the position shown in heavy lines in Fig. 1 and lies transversely across the opening 5 thus preventing the insertion of the key in the said opening until another coin has been deposited in the chute 3 and the bar has been lifted thereby to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

When the device is not in use, the key 20 remains in the opening 5. When the articles are placed upon the hanger the key is withdrawn from the opening 5 and is retained by the owner of the articles until such time as he desires to remove the articles when the coin 24: is deposited in the chute and it swings the bar 21 up above the opening 5 and thus the key may be in serted in the said opening and the device may then be unlocked. During the time that the device is being unlocked, the coin 24: is retained in the chute 3 by the lug 16 and the bar 21 as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, but when the branch 13 is swung away from the hook 8 the lug 16 is removed from the path of the coin 24: and the said coin may drop into the receptacle 2.

Therefore it will be seen that a garment retaining device of simple and durable structure is provided and that the same may be readily operated by the use of a proper key and after the insertion of a coin in the same to release the garments. While the garments are retained upon the device the owner keeps the key and the coin which is inserted in the device to permit the operation of the key for unlocking the same goes tothe owner of the hook as toll for guaranteeing the safe preservation of the articles when placed upon the hook. 7

Having described the invention what is claimed is: V

1. A garment hook comprising a bracket having a hook member, a garment retainingmember pivoted upon the bracket and movable toward and away from the hook member, a coin chute supported by the bracket, said garment retaining member having a barrier adapted to enter the chute and a bar pivotally mounted in the chute and adapted to cooperate with the barrier to prevent the passage of a coin through the chute until the barrier is withdrawn from the same.

2. A garment hook comprising a bracket having a hook member, a garment retaining member pivotally mounted upon the bracket and movable toward and away from the hook member, key operated means for holding the garment retaining member in a closed position, said bracket having a key opening, a coin chute supported by the bracket and with which the said key opening communicates and a bar pivotally mounted in the coin chute and normally disposed across the key opening when the key is withdrawn from the same.

3. A garment hookcompr1s1ng a bracket having a hook member, a garment retaining member pivotally mounted upon the bracket and movable toward and away from the hook member, key operated means for holding the garment retaining member in a closed position, the bracket having a key JOSEPH F. o. LUHAN.

Witnesses:

v M. E. LAUGI-ILIN, G120. A. BYRNE.

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Washington, D. 0." 

